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Clatsop County staff asks board whether to create safety standards for short-term rentals on float houses
Summary
Community development staff presented options after an applicant sought a second short-term rental license for a floating home; commissioners requested more research, citing life-safety, leasing, and zoning complications.
Community development staff told the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners that an application to license a second short-term rental (STR) on a water-only parcel has prompted questions about whether the county should develop a separate set of standards for floating residences.
Lehi Henriksen, Community Development staff, said the county’s first float house licensed as an STR predated the current STR regulatory framework. That structure was licensed in 2020, and county STR regulations were adopted in 2022. Because floating structures are not covered by the Oregon Residential Specialty Code, staff said the county would need to develop…
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